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Saki Zenkoku-hen 1 – Enter the Fray

So it begins, yet again. Yaranakya has written a splendid post on his impressions on the first episode. Helpful for those who has watched it but might be confused by the amount of information bombarded at you, especially so since season 1 was way, way back.

So begins the reunion with the much beloved cast of one of the craziest mahjong anime out there. I hope to cover this series regularly, with my impressions coming out later into the week for scheduling reasons.

Did I like the opening episode? You bet I did.

Some people were dissatisfied with the lack of mahjong battles in the first episode, but personally I was actually impressed with how the few seconds of mahjong action in the episode were used to provide basic characterization for the characters and teams involved. Hacchan (loli miko) makes someone drop below zero without going into the captains’ round through some obviously occult combination, and we immediately know she’s one to look out for in the coming matches. Awai goes double riichi –> kan –> dora 4, and we know it is not just “luck”.